Google rejected such suggestions however, saying that it had offered to speak with regulators and did not believe its changes would be harmful to users.

"Over the past month we have offered to meet with the CNIL on several occasions to answer any questions they might have, and that offer remains open. We believe we've found a reasonable balance between the Working Party's recommendations: to 'streamline and simplify' our policies while providing 'comprehensive information' to users," it said in a statement.

The changes mean that user accounts are linked across Google's portfolio of services, between an Android phone and a Youtube account, for example, and that data is shared across them. This could mean that an Android user has suggested videos targeted to them on Youtube, for instance.

"Our new privacy policy makes clear that, if you're signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services. In short, we'll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience," said Alma Whitten, Google's director of privacy, product and engineering, in a blog post to users when the company announced the changes.

Google worked hard to inform its users about its privacy policy changes, however many have not been interested to learn about them. According to a survey from Big Brother Watch only about one in ten users looked at information provided by the firm about the changes. µ